Our "spelling program" differs from a traditional spelling program where kids receive a list of words on Monday and are tested on those words on Friday. The goal of the Rebecca Sitton Spelling Program is for students to learn to spell correctly in their everyday writing, not just for a Friday test. Our focus is on Word Study. Students are held accountable across the curriculum for the correct spelling of priority words. The program recycles words and skills for long term mastery.
4th Grade Core Words
| 336. become | 337. grow | 338. draw | 339. yet | 340. less |
| 341. wind | 342. behind | 343. cannot | 344. letter | 345. among |
| 346. able | 347. dog | 348. shown | 349. mean | 350. English |
| 351. rest | 352. perhaps | 353. certain | 354. six | 355. feel |
| 356. fire | 357. ready | 358. green | 359. yes | 360. built |
| 361. special | 362. ran | 363. full | 364. town | 365. complete |
| 366. oh | 367. person | 368. hot | 369. anything | 370. hold |
| 371. state | 372. list | 373. stood | 374. hundred | 375. ten |
| 376. fast | 377. felt | 378. kept | 379. notice | 380. can't |
| 381. strong | 382. voice | 383. probably | 384. area | 385. horse |
| 386. matter | 387. stand | 388. box | 389. start | 390. that's |
| 391. class | 392. piece | 393. surface | 394. river | 395. common |
| 396. stop | 397. am | 398. talk | 399. whether | 400. fine |
| 401. round | 402. dark | 403. past | 404. ball | 405. girl |
| 406. road | 407. blue | 408. instead | 409. either | 410. held |
| 411. already | 412. warm | 413. gone | 414. finally | 415. summer |
| 416. understood | 417. moon | 418. animals | 419. mind | 420. outside |
| 421. power | 422. problem | 423. longer | 424. winter | 425. deep |
| 426. heavy | 427. carefully | 428. follow | 429. beautiful | 430. everyone |
| 431. leave | 432. everything | 433. game | 434. system | 435. bring |
| 436. watch | 437. shell | 438. dry | 439. within | 440. floor |
| 441. ice | 442. ship | 443. themselves | 444. begin | 445. fact |
| 446. third | 447. quite | 448. carry | 449. distance | 450. although |
| 451. sat | 452. possible | 453. heart | 454. real | 455. simple |
| 456. snow | 457. rain | 458. suddenly | 459. easy | 460. leaves |
| 461. lay | 462. size | 463. wild | 464. weather | 465. miss |
| 466. pattern | 467. sky | 468. walked | 469. main | 470. someone |
| 471. center | 472. field | 473. stay | 474. itself | 475. boat |
| 476. question | 477. wide | 478. least | 479. tiny | 480. hour |
| 481. happened | 482. foot | 483. care | 484. low | 485. else |
| 486. gold | 487. build | 488. glass | 489. rock | 490. tall |
| 491. alone | 492. bottom | 493. check | 494. reading | 495. fall |
| 496. poor | 497. map | 498. friend | 499. language | 500. job |
You can learn more by visiting sittonspelling.com
Ensure students’ transfer of spelling skills through:
- Students’ discovery of spelling skills and concepts through word collection and analysis
- Spelling mastery of high frequency writing words with the help of formative assessment
- A focus on students’ proofreading accountability
PLUS:
- Opportunities for differentiation
- Formative assessment of spelling skills
- A menu of instruction for customized curriculum development
How is Sitton Spelling and Word Skills® different?
Sitton Spelling and Word Skills® sets itself apart from other programs by bringing together unique elements which enable students to master spelling,language, and word skills. These important skills strengthen the students’ word knowledge to help them to become better writers.
| Sitton Spelling and Word Skills™ | vs. | The usual spelling program |
| Students’ active learning of spelling skills & concepts for long term learning and application to many more words |
| A list of words given on Monday and studied for short-term memorization to obtain a Friday test grade |
| Formative assessment to guide instruction and identify words students have not yet mastered
Automatic follow-up testing to assess mastery |
| A Friday test grade with no follow-up instruction or assessment for words missed |
| Accountability of spelling skills through proofreading everyday writing, with a “no excuses” outlook for misspelling assigned words |
| Proofreading exercises related to the spelling list |
| A set core curriculum with opportunities to adapt instruction through teacher choice and optional extension activities |
| Fixed instructional strategies |
| Opportunities for differentiation: - Multiple, varied activities for each concept
- Flexible instructional formats
- Recycling of skills and concepts
- Individualized spelling lists with minimal teacher effort
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| Opportunities for differentiation: - More words or longer words for students who need additional challenge
- Shortened word list for struggling spellers
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Practice our core words for each unit with fun games!
A fun game to practice antonyms, synonyms and homonyms.
Check out this game for practice with adjectives and adverbs.
Have fun with this game that helps you practice verb usage.
